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How will technology change education in the future?

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There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. Just ten years ago, in the words of Wired magazine, Sebastian Thrun declared that ‘ In 50 years … there will be only ten institutions in the world delivering higher education ’.

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Gypsy, Roma, Traveller: living as an outcast

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This blog is in the form of an audio file by Nicole Cherruault, a journalist at The Times. Nicole holds an MA (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh in History and Politics and an MA in International Journalism from City, University of London. A full transcript is also provided below.

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Despite being global leader, UK cannot afford to rest on its laurels in digital, AI and green skills

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Higher education in other markets globally is innovating at a far more rapid rate than in the UK. The reputational strength of the UK – built on its history and tradition of delivering excellent teaching and learning – is unlikely to be the key driver of satisfaction going forward.

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Surviving and thriving in HE professional services

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by GR Evans This blog was first published in the Oxford Magazine No 475 (Eighth Week, Hilary term, 2025) and is reproduced here with permission of the author and the editor. The resulting Association of University Administrators (AUA) became the Association of Higher Education Professionals (AHEP) in 2023.

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Was 2022 a bumper year for books about education?

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This books is worth a mention here too because of the range of contributing authors, many of whom have been deeply involved in higher education policy debates, such as Sam Freedman, Claire Fox, Ralph Lucas, Ann Mroz and Jonathan Simons as well as the Vice-Chancellor James Tooley and the Social Mobility Commission Chair Katherine Birbalsingh.

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The Value of Higher Education in Developed Economies

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T his HEPI blog was authored by Vivienne Stern, Chief Executive of Universities UK, as an adaption of a speech she gave in response to a lecture by the Hon. Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the OECD, on the value of higher education in developed countries. To widen participation, history has shown you have to expand participation.

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Lunchtime Reading: Communicating the value of higher education to government in a new political era

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This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Ruth Arnold , Director of External Affairs at Study Group. It means meeting industry and health editors as often as those who follow the ups and down of education policy — opening the books on the struggle to make a difference. ‘ And so it is decided. It’s been a long wait.